Romanticism
(proper noun)
18th Century artistic and intellectual movement which stressed emotion, freedom, and individual imagination.
Examples of Romanticism in the following topics:
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Romanticism in America
- American Romanticism emphasized emotion, individualism, and personality over rationalism and the constraints of religion.
- Romanticism became popular in American politics, philosophy, and art.
- Romanticism often involved a rapturous response to nature and promised a new blossoming of American culture.
- Emerson, a leading transcendentalist writer, was highly influenced by romanticism, especially after meeting leading figures in the European romantic movement in the 1830s.
- By the 1880s, however, psychological and social realism were competing with Romanticism in the novel.
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Transcendentalism
- In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English Romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of Romanticism.
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The Emergence of "American" Literature
- Matthiessen), this period encompasses (approximately) the 1820s to the dawn of the Civil War, and it has been closely identified with American romanticism and transcendentalism.
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Television
- Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life with The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966), Father Knows Best (1954–1960), and ABC's The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) exemplifying the genre.
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The Ku Klux Klan
- Theatrical poster for "The Birth of a Nation," the 1915 film that romanticized the Ku Klux Klan and helped inspire a renewed KKK to emerge.
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Movements and Reforms
- In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of romanticism.
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Technological Advancement
- Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life.